Decision Workspace
safefetch vs patron vs minreq
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
safefetch
experimentalv0.1.0
A safe minimal fetching library.
35
patron
growingv0.2.1
A wrapper around the hyper.rs library to allow for targeted clients to specific remote APIs. This library should be useful on it's own or as a building block for specific remote API wrappers.
75
minreq
stablev3.0.0
Simple, minimal-dependency HTTP client
Core Metrics
| safefetch | patron | minreq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 35 | 75 |
| Total Downloads | 19.2K | 5.1K | 5.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 10.6K | 0 | 242.8K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 1.8K |
| Releases | 1 | 3 | 52 |
| Last Updated | 41d ago | 3361d ago | 28d ago |
| Age | 1m | 9y 2m | 8y 4m |
Health Breakdown
safefetch
Maintenance
10
Quality
12
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
patron
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
minreq
Maintenance
17
Quality
21
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| safefetch | patron | minreq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.2.1 | 3.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only | MIT | ISC |
| Dependencies | 9 | 6 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 25KB | 8KB | 42KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.9% |
| Edition | 2024 | — | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.63 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •minreq leads with a health score of 75/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •minreq is depended on by 1.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ patron has not been updated in over a year.
- •safefetch, patron are pre-1.0 — API may change.